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F. r. HEMINGWAY.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18. 1916.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY name s I. EEMINGW'AY,0F saincnronnoouunoriovr.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dee-2, 1919.

Application filed September 18, 1916. Serial No. 120,749.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS I. IIhiMING- WAY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and StateofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCurtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

The invention has reference generally to improvements in curtain andshadefixtures; and, the invention relates, more particularly .to a novelcombined curtain pole and shade bracket.

The invention has for its principal object to provide a combined curtainand shade bracket, which will eliminate the useof sep arate brackets andalso, lessenthe damage to the woodwork of a building, due to theattaching of the brackets thereto.

Still further, the invention includes a novel arrangement of shadesupporting brackets; a plurality of pairs being provided, one of whichare removably mounted, thereby, permitting the same to be readilydetached when notin use, thus, providing a construction, whereby, two,shades may be supported in operative position, it being well known inthe art, that shades ofdiiferent color and weight are used during thevariousseasons.

Among the other aims andobjects of the invention may be recited, theprovision of a device of the'character mentioned with a View tocompactness, and in which the number'of parts are few, :the constructionsimple, the cost of production small, and the efliciency and operationhigh.

()ther and further improvements and novel details in' the constructionand arrangement of parts will be appreciated from the description thatfollows, which for a clear understanding of the invention should beconsidered in connection with :the accompanying drawings, forming a parthereof and wherein the preferred embodiment of the invention is shownfor the purpose'of illustration. i I I The invention is clearlyillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved bracket, showing a shaderoller supported thereby.

Fig. 2 is atop plan thereof, showing a plurality of shade rollerssupported in 0p- 'erative position. together with a curtain or p y ppoing ro e,

Fig. 3is a detail in sideelevationof the fixedly and removably mountedshade bracket and,

Fig. 4 is a detail in side elevation of the fixedly mounted shadebracket.

Similar characters of reference are employed in allof the abovedescribed views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more specifically to the several figures of the saiddrawings, it may be here noted that the brackets as constituting theseveral pairs employed in the present 7 invention-are identical inconstruction, with the exception that certain thereof are provided withsquared trunnion receiving openings while the remaining have arrangedtherein the usual rounded trunnion receiving openings. Hence, referencewillbe had to but one bracket of the several pairs, in the descriptionthat follows. The present construction maybe said to embody an immovablebracket, indicated in its entirety by the numeral 1 and comprising abase plate 2 the same having formed therein, a plur ality ofopenings 3wherebysecuring screws 4 may be passed therethrough and the bracketthereby, fastened in the desired position. Asupporting arm 5 is formedupon one side of theibase plate 2and bent at substantially right anglesthereto, thus, providing for the necessary shade roller trunnionreceiving means. The outer portion of the adapted vtoreceive therein thesquared bearing-trunnion of a shade roller. To provide for means wherebythe removably supported bracket may be received and maintained in properposition .upon the immovable bracket 1 the outerextremities of thelatter are slotted at 8 and a free portion of the arm 5 is then bentoutwardly or offset, to constitute a guiding and supporting finger 9,while that portion of thearm ,5, as in proximity to the base plate 2,has formed therein, anopening 10, the purpose of whichwill be presentlyapparent.

In referring to the removable shade bracket, I shall, for the purposeofconvenience, indicate the same in its entirety bythe numeral 11, thebracket comprising a strip of bendable metal, the outer portion of whichis depressed, thus, providing a concavo-convex portion 12, similar .tothe portion 6, and has also formed therein a diagonally disposedrectangi'ilar pocket or slot 13, whereby, the squared bearing trunnionof a second shade roller may be received therein. A recess 14 is formedwithin the'bracket 11, preferably intermediate the ends thereof and isengaged by the offset supporting finer 9, when the bracket 5 is carriedupon t e immovable bracket 1. Upon the rear extremity of the bracket 11,there is. arranged an offset finger 15 the same being 1 adapted to beengaged with the openings 10 of the immovable bracket, consequently,providing for means whereby the removable bracket will be securelyfastened thereupon. With a view toward providing for means whereby theconventional form of U-shaped curtain pole, as indicated by the numeral16 may be also supported by a bracket, a plurality of cylindricalsleeves 17 are secured to the outer faces of the base plate 2',

by soldering, welding or the like and are adapted to receive thereintothelateral extremities of the supportingpole 16. As will be noted, thecurtain pole 16 when in position is arranged within the same horizontalplane as that in which the immovable and removable brackets 1 and 11respectively,

i openings, whereby are arranged. By this arrangement,- the shaderollers supported by the said brackets will behidden from view when thecurtain or other drapery is arranged about its respective pole 16. Y 1The operation "of viewed as follows:

' A plurality of the immovable brackets 1 carrying thereupon thecylindrical sleeves the device may be re- 17, are secured to a windowframe by means 15 thereof being engaged with the openings 10of the saidsupporting arms and the recesses 14 engaged with the offset supportingfingers9, arranged upon the outer ends of the supporting arms 5. Byarranging the 1 intermediate portions of the brackets 11 between the offet fingers 9 and the supporting arms 5, it is obvious that undue lateralmovements of the brackets 11 will be prevented. The concavo-convexportions 12 of the brackets have arranged therein, the squared androunded bearing openings, whereby the trunnions of the shade roller 19will be received thereby. It is to be also noted, that the saidconcave-convex portions 12, compensate for the increased distancebetween the removable bracketa'thereby, permitting a pair of shaderollers of corresponding length to be used. WVith the shade rollersupporting brackets thus positioned, the curtain supporting pole 16 1sengaged with the cylindrical sleeve 17in the manner hereinbefore set.forth, the curtain 'or other drapery having been previouslyarrangedthereon. Should the device be used for supporting av smgle shade roller,the removable bracketfll maybe readily. disengaged from the supportingarm 5 of the immovable bracket and the latter used to support thedesired shade roller. 7

Instead of using asolid curtain supporting pole, as shown in thepreferred embodi ment of the'invention, it is apparent that conventionalform oftelescopi'c pole may be substituted therefor; furthermore,that'the cylindrical sleeve 17 may be dispensedwith and the usual hookedcurtain pole 'supporting brackets equally well desired purpose.

Still further embodimentsof the invention and those herein especiallydefined may be resorted .to" as conditions orpreference may dictate, asmay be inkeeping with the hereto appended claims. Y I claim:

1. A curtain fixture comprising abase plate, a shade supporting armrigidly extended therefrom, said arm being equipped with an opening inproximity to the base, said. arm having a vertical oifset finger on theend thereof, said arm being equipped with a shade roller securing slotor opening, a removable shade supporting armhaving its intermediateportion received by said offset finger, one QIId-OfStlClilGIl'lOVflblGarm being equipped with an .offsetfinger 'to'be engaged in said openingin said rigid'arm in proximity to said base, and the outer end of saidremovable arm being equippedwith a shade 'rollerreceiving slot for thepurpose set forth. i r

2. A curtain fixture comprising'a base .plate, a shade supportingarm-rigidly extended therefrom, said arm being equipped with an openingin proximity' to-the base, said arm having a verticakofiset fingeradapted for the on the outer end thereof, a portion of i said arm beingformed with a laterally extending depression, which forms aconcavoconvex portion, said portion being equipped with a shade' 'rollerreceiving slot or opening, a removable shade supporting arm hav ing arecess in its lower edge to be received by said offset finger, oneend-'of-said removable arm being engaged by the face of the rigid armto'jcover said depression, and equipped with an offset finger to beengaged in said opening: in Said rigid arm in prox 3. A curtainfixture-including a pair of lates each com risin a base a shade suporting arm extended from the inner edge of said base, a socketextending horizontally from the center of said base and arranged besideand in the same horizontal plane as V the shade supporting arm, and aU-shaped curtain pole having its lateral extremities received in saidsockets and arranged in the same horizontal plane With the supportingarm whereby the sockets and the curtain 15 pole will hide the shaderoller arms from View.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

FRANCIS I. HEMINGWVAY.

Witnesses:

THOMAS BENN, JAMES TURNER.

